Show Manti Man Elected I ITo To Soil Conservation Vice Presidency George Barton of ManU Manti has been elected 1950 vice president of the Utah Soil Conservation Districts Elections EJections were held in connection connection connection tion with the annual Utah Soil Conservation conference which concluded concluded con eon Friday noon at the Utah State Agricultural college Sponsored by the college extension extension extension exten exten- sion service experiment station an anthe and the Soil Conservation service the short course has been attended by about 4 district supervisors from rom this county and other farmers from throughout Utah Good soil conservation practices are being generally adopted by dry diy farmers in northern Utah according according according accord accord- ing to Blaine Morse of Tremonton district conservationist who spoke in this mornings morning's final session Dry farm conservation is a comprehensive comprehensive comprehensive com com- program of proper con con- practices to fit the erosion erosion ero ero- sion hazards and soil conditions of ofa a particular farm fann or field Mr Morse explained Each of these practices reinforces reinforces reinforces rein rein- forces the others For example stubble mulch farming has to be reinforced by an adapted soil building building building build build- ing crop rotation plan Importance of of barnyard manure in soil conservation was stressed by Dr D D. W. W Thorne head of the college agronomy dept Farmers can likely increase their Income by taking better care of farm manure than through any other way they might invest their time Dr Thomas advised Three steps in getting the most fertilizer value out of manure he listed as follows 1 Have a storage storage storage stor stor- age pit to keep it in 2 Keep the manure moist and packed in the pit 3 After hauling manure onto the land plow or disc it un under under un- un der del as quickly as possible The three-day three conference was summarized by Dr following a pictorial presentation of Utah soil conservation work by Ray Walker Valker of Salt Lake City state soil conservationist |